Box 1
Contains 19 Results:
04/05/41 telegram from Pee Wee Russell re jam session Berton was organizing and Pee Wee's horn in hock. 07/27/41 letter from Ralph to brother Vic regarding the death of their mother. Correspondence regarding birth of Ralph's daughter Barbara.
Includes 01/21/59 correspondence from Berton to Dizzy Gillespie in which Berton transcribed and analyzed one of their chess matches. Post card from S. I. Hayakawa dated 07/15/59 regarding Berton's Harper's magazine essay on Bix Beiderbecke.
11/18/62 correspondence on Berton's award winning industrial film Lester Snapwell's Revenge, which featured Buster Keaton. Correspondence with Teddy Gaston (Getty) regarding production of Ralph and Eugene Berton's opera, Marie Antoinette in Pennsylvania.
Correspondence regarding brother Eugene's illness. Correspondence on Sounds & Fury letterhead.
Correspondence regarding brother Eugene's illness. Correspondence with Teddy Gaston (Getty) regarding production of Marie Antoinette in Pennsylvania.
Correspondence with Teddy Gaston (Getty) regarding Marie Antoinette in Pennsylvania. Letter to Steve Allen (11/21/67) regarding adapting Lady Sings the Blues (on which Allen then had an option) for the screen. Letter includes Berton's significant stage, screen, radio and TV writing credits. 12/29/67 letter from Steve Allen regarding Billie Holiday script.
04/01/68 letter to Harper and Row regarding proposed James Brown bio. 08/21/68 letter from Rutgers/Newark regarding proposed course on jazz appreciation to be taught by Berton. 05/28/69 initial correspondence with Harper and Row regarding proposed Beiderbecke bio.
Critical note from editor re early draft of Beiderbecke bio (12/10/71).
Letters from several institutions of higher learning regarding Berton's queries to them to teach a course in jazz appreciation.
Correspondence regarding promotion of Beiderbecke bio. 04/01/74 letter to Rudi Blesh. 04/22/74 letter from Leonard Feather. 07/01/74 letter from Hoagy Carmichael. 07/17/74 letter from Hoagy Carmichael misdated 1964.